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What is the fastest way to cross the USA on bikes

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  1. Backwoods Savage

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    An 8 man relay team just made it 3084 miles in 5 days, 2 hours and 47 minutes!!!

    Amazing.
     
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    Average of 25 mph… that’s impressive!
     
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    I was going to say put the bikes on a plane.
     
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    I was thinking the plains you could average some speed going up the Rockies not so much

    did they publish approximate route Dennis?
     
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    I was going to say a Hayabusa with a large tank mod. ;) For a long time they were the fastest bike made, the an agreement between manufactures cut that race. 186mph stock. :dex:


    32 Hours and 52 Minutes

    Cross-Country Cannonball Motorcycle Record Broken: 32 Hours and 52 Minutes.Oct 25, 2021
     
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    The Motorcycle That Just Broke the Cannonball Record Is for Sale
     
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    I’m putting training wheels back on my bike!:BrianK:
     
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    Joe? Is that you????

    :rofl: :lol::rofl: :lol::rofl: :lol::rofl: :lol:
     
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    LIVE TRACKING | RAAM2022 (raamrace.org)
     
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    He needs them more than I do!:thumbs:
     
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    Someone should have made cue cards on how to ride bicycles for him! :rofl: :lol:
     
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    "Stop pedaling, take one foot off pedals, place foot on the ground, take other foot off pedal, dismount seat, place other foot on ground"
     
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    :rofl: :lol:
     
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    He'd still eff it up.
     
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    Come on man… it was his stunt double… doing it for a publicity stunt . :whistle::rofl: :lol:
     
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    You guys ever use clip or slip in style pedals… at 80?

    I did when I was young. Glad there weren’t cell phone cameras then…
     
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    Nope, never did and would not use them if I had the chance. Kind of like clipping your hands to the handlebars. An accident waiting to happen.

    :faint:
     
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    Back when I was seriously riding Idid. Never had any trouble with them. But that was in the late 70 through 80's. The days when the movie Breaking Away was new, the Race Across America was broadcast every year, and the greatest bicyclist was Greg LeMond
     
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    Yes and my feet still do what I ask them to unlike a certain somebody else that probably belongs in a home.
     
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    Are you 80yrs old Bill? :rofl: :lol::smoke:
     
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